Trump: A Graphic Biography

at Columbia University in New York City, a seminar on Fascism was attended by the author, Ted Rall, to give him insight into populist political movements like the Ecstasy Catastrophe book by David Farrell Krell on German slewpidity under Adolf Hitler and philosophy of Martin Heidegger joining in as a Nazi Party member. Even an attack on McCain as a Vietnam prisoner of war hero does not bother people who thought of McCain as a loser elevated by party animalism. Rogue credibility has a life of our own on global chit sea fix is in brain skewers.

Pretty good

This is the best yet of all Mr. Rall's work. I highly admire his courage to take a stand against tyranny and fascism in the Los Angeles Times illegal firing of Mr. Rall as they were ordered by the LAPD. Ted Rall's work against the fascism of the police state in Los Angeles is so very brave. I thank you Mr. Rall for all the work you have done to expose corruption.

An easily accessible biography of Trump in a graphic book.Rall does it again! He produces a graphic book that explores the background of Trump before Trump became president.I found it to be an informative and engaging book.

This is a very funny graphic "novel" featuring political humor - but NOT favoring Donald Trump! I really enjoyed reading it.

I will give Ted Rall his due. He can be funny and witty and, once in a while, can make a point. This talent, unfortunately, has been twisted by a repulsive and malignant personality . Like watching a genius devolve into madness, one is struck not only by the horror that is, but by the wasted promise of what could have been.This is seen all too clearly in TRUMP, Rall’s take on the Republican nominee. Trump is indeed controversial, and there are legitimate hits to make against him. Rall, as he often does, just goes directly to below the belt.Of course, just, of course, there are the Hitler analogies. But Rall is not stupid, and is instead pandering to his readers, many of whom are dumb as rocks and will believe the most ridiculous hyperbole about anyone who deviates from their Leftist mindset. But Rall knows that this comparison is ridiculous. He makes it anyway. Focusing on Trump’s weakness and (like any businessman has had) failures, while sliding right past strengths and successes, Rall paints a picture so colorfully negative as to make yellow journalism look sparklingly white by comparison.And it is not just Trump, the man. In order to paint the most malignant picture imaginable, Rall describes the entire field of real estate development as so inherently putrid that only a monster would even consider entering the field in the first place. Of course Trump was attracted to that!God forbid we get some balance, such as without developers, housing stock would evaporate, and we would be living in grass huts. Or hear of other stories that would allow a reader to gain a more nuanced opinion of the man himself, such as the truly remarkable story of Annabel Hill. We musn’t let the public get a glimpse that might make them think Trump is human, and Rall is up to the task of preventing it. The Hitler comparisons are especially snort-inducing given that Rall himself seems to have interned at that party’s Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda and has found a different target for his talents.Nor is it limited to Trump. As one example, we read (for the umpteenth time) that Republicans are so racist, that Ronald Reagan announced his presidential run in Philadelphia, Mississippi, where civil rights workers had been murdered, and where he discussed that evil, evil concept of state’s rights.Almost everything about that is wrong. Reagan did not announce his candidacy at the time, but had already done so, nine months beforehand – nine months!! - in a televised speech from New York City, standard with common practice at the time. The Mississippi speech was not in Philadelphia but at a fairground several miles away. Reagan’s staff picked the fairground because the fair was actually going on, giving Reagan the opportunity to reach tens of thousands of people, just like Dukakis did at that same fairground several years later (indeed Reagan balanced that speech with one to Northern blacks that very same week specifically to avoid making the inference that Rall and his ilk go right ahead and make). Finally, the “state’s rights” line was not meant to be, nor was it, an applause line, but rather one general statement that has, by a blowout, taken on far more significance in the re-telling by the Left than it was in the actual speech. One might also add that Jimmy Carter launched his campaign in Tuscumbia, Alabama, then the national headquarters of the KKK. Perhaps one of Rall’s readers can point me to any writing of Rall pointing out this uncomfortable fact.Rall shows himself adept at research. What possible excuse can there be for such a dishonest portrayal? This book is indeed a portrait of malignancy, and perhaps Rall should reflect about whom.And on and on it goes. And on and on and on and on and . . .

Really enjoy all of Ted Rall's books...such a wity way of introducing the reader to the background of each main character (Snowden, Sanders and now Trump).

Thoroughly enjoyed this. Easy, fun and informative. You can agree or disagree with some of the conclusions but it seems to be well researched.

The book is not a blow by blow account of Trump's life but rather is largely centered on answering one question: how did he become a presidential candidate. The answer, Rall provides shows that his political success is as much a product of Trump's personality as it is of economic instability, political gridlock and most of all pervasive anxiety.

A must read! A real page turner as Ted Rall has complemented his wonderful cartoon with excellent background research. And he accurately analyzes how the economic and social situation has given rise to Trump's popularity.